Gangster squad is an action, crime, drama movie with a runtime of 113 minutes. This is a movie directed and co-produced by Ruben Fleischer and written based from the Tales of the Gangster Squad by Paul Lieberman. The setting is in Los Angeles between the 1940s to 1950s. The story revolves around the struggle to put down from power the ruthless mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn). Because of his money and influence in high places, the police have not been able to nail him! It takes a few brave good men to decide to join forces to weaken Cohen’s power and stronghold and lead him to pay for the crimes he’s committed.
The lead characters are played by Josh Brolin as Sergeant John O’Mara who is the leader of the gangster squad, Nick Nolte as Chief Bill Parker who commissioned Brolin to organize the squad, Mireille Enos as Connie O’Mara, John’s pregnant wife and the person who assisted him to select the best people for the job, Anthony Mackie as detective Coleman Harris, Giovanni Ribisi as the wire-tapper Conway Keeler and Robert Patrick as the gangster-killer Max Kennard, and Michael Peña as Navidad Ramirez. Sergeant Wooters (Ryan Gosling) also later joins the squad after some realizations occur to him. So as you can see, Gangster Squad has a great cast!
Brolin’s military and war experience and his good performance as a law enforcer are the major considerations why Nick selected him to lead the squad. They needed to put a stop to the crime empire of Cohen to make LA a safe place for their families and friends to live.
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an Gosling is somewhat unconcerned about the problems in LA, for the reason perhaps that he is not a family man, his acting performance grabbed my attention and although the lead artists are topnotched, I haven’t really seen their acting prowess.
The movie is worth watching but 30 Minutes or Less and even Zombieland I should say are better when it comes to overall film quality. The movie’s theme and plot are also good as inspired by a true story, but it should have been improved with more twists and turns so as not to make it predictable. It also lacks tension and suspense.
Although there are some dragging moments, the movie is inspiring and there is social relevance to it. I like it when the good guy said that “The only way evil will triumph is for good men to do nothing.” It’s a cliché but worth hearing again.
I also love the car chase and some of the encounters with the bad guys. It would have been better though if they would have been given high-powered weapons to fight Cohen’s army of gangsters. The gunfight following Cohen’s arrest was satisfactory as well as the fistfight between John and Cohen.
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